EP MAN BUSTED WITH 5000 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA

Lol that's a lot of weed seized.

by Renee Ruelas-Venegas, Las Cruces Sun-News, (Source:El Paso Times)
Regional News

NORML.ORG US TX: EP Man Busted With 5000 Pounds of Marijuana

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LAS CRUCES -- An El Paso man is behind bars after the seizure of 4,910 pounds of marijuana by the Las Cruces-DoA1a Ana County Metro Narcotics Agency.

The marijuana has a street value $6 million, the largest bust in the agency's history, an official said.

"The seizure was part of a three-to five-week-long undercover investigation," Sgt. Joseph Gonzales said.

El Pasoan Arturo Flores, 49, was arrested Thursday at 336 Paseo Real in Chaparral, N.M.

Inside the residence and a 1998 Chevy panel truck that Flores was driving, agents found the marijuana in shrink-wrapped bags inside 125 boxes, Gonzales said.

Gonzales said agents were still investigating where the marijuana came from and where it was headed.

Flores was charged with possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, a second-degree felony.

He was booked into the DoA1a Ana County Detention Center and held in lieu of a $100,000 cash-only bond.

Gonzales said it was the largest bust for Metro Narcotics since 2,800 pounds of marijuana was seized five years ago in Santa Teresa.

"It's the largest I can remember from any agency in the area," Gonzales said.

Anyone with information on suspected illegal drug activity may call the Metro Narcotics tip line at 521-3784.

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lol people will be getting high 20 miles downwind when they burn it

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaayum

:stoned:

A hit is going out on someone, me thinks.

Thats an ass load of bud.

think if we got enough people calling that number, and just harrass them about it using payphones and shit, so they cant trace it, that we could piss them off about it??

lmao great idea but since i am in uk i wont be doing that :P

though when i am bored i might find a simmilar number in uk and have a go :D

lol but seriously what a waste of weed... :(

Thats a whole shit load of weed, i've seen lots but nothing close to that. Someone just lost alot of money. Legalize it

u can build a house with 125 boxes...thats just an incredible amount...anyone else think theres a slight possibility that the fuzz inflated the number to take credit for the biggest bust ever?

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Originally Posted by Cannaman1ac

u can build a house with 125 boxes...thats just an incredible amount...anyone else think theres a slight possibility that the fuzz inflated the number to take credit for the biggest bust ever?

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they never said what size boxes, its unlikely either way

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Originally Posted by Jimbob1310

they never said what size boxes, its unlikely either way

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5000 pounds into 125 boxes= BIG boxes

thats fuckin ridiculous! i want that weed, think of all those people that could get high off of that! I can garuntee someone is fucking pissed right now.

i really want to see pics of that bust...
someone find them.

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Originally Posted by Xhoshi

i really want to see pics of that bust...
someone find them.

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Yeah same.

damn that's fucked..

he got greedy

Sounds like the cops jumped the gun there.....I'm sure that's just for personal use.. :D

man if i had all that weed i could get SOOOOOOOO high ;)



.......sorry somebody had to do the typical stoner response

a dirty cop could easily walk a way with a few pounds of that shit, for nothin man, and make some bank off of it!

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Originally Posted by onequickmove

man if i had all that weed i could get SOOOOOOOO high ;)



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lmao hell yes :jointsmile: somebody had to say it

Do you think its was really 4910 pounds exactly?
i wonder what kind of scale the police are using

Police estimates are generally exaggerated when it comes to the value of it. If it was that much weed, it's probably schwag.

Ya that area will probably be dry, but thats what you get when you deal in those high amount.

Everyone would be fine if they were allowed to grow like 10 plants in their own home.

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Originally Posted by TheBigOne45

Everyone would be fine if they were allowed to grow like 10 plants in their own home.

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F'in A Cotton F'in A

lame drought in store for me maybe

thatll teach those bastards to sell dope... wait a minute nevermind... those fuckin bastard pigs!!!

it was for recreational purposes.......

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Originally Posted by thedanknshii

lame drought in store for me maybe

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nah, that topic was from almost three years ago ;) haha

Anyway, I did the math and 5000 pounds adds up to 640,000 eighths... bummer.

There was a bust of 3000 pounds near St. Paul, Minnesota a few weeks ago and the weed was being transported in a truck full of candy and the 3000 pounds of weed was hidden underneath 40,000 pounds of candy!

That would be 125 boxes @ 40 pounds each at a street value of $1500 a pound that would be about $7,500,000 USD and about $60,000 per box. To put that in perspective with about 3 boxes you could buy an average median house priced 175-200 grand.

pricks in the DEA got it made i tell you